Help celebrate World Egg Day and share your story

As an egg producer, I have plenty of reasons to believe that the humble egg deserves celebrating.

Eggs are nutritious, affordable and incredibly versatile. They can be boiled for breakfast, scrambled for lunch or used in everything from cakes and quiches to pasta and Yorkshire puddings. Eggs play an important part in meals enjoyed at home and while out and about across the country.

This year’s World Egg Day takes place on Friday 9 October and marks the event’s 30th anniversary. Since it was established in 1996, the day has helped people around the world recognise the nutritional value and versatility of eggs.

While we do not need an excuse to celebrate all the great things about eggs, World Egg Day gives British egg producers an opportunity to recognise the hard work that goes into producing safe, nutritious food every day.

Behind every egg box on a supermarket shelf, or tray of eggs used by a food business, is a farmer. Together with their dedicated team, they care for their hens, maintain high production standards and manage the many demands of a modern farming business.

British egg production is a real success story. In 2025, UK farmers produced 12.5 billion eggs, making the country 89% self-sufficient. On average, each person in the UK ate 209 eggs during the year, 40 more than the annual average in 2004.

These figures show how much people value eggs. However, we should never take that support for granted.

Our sector continues to face significant challenges, including avian influenza, rising business costs and uncertainty in the supply chain. We must ensure that future policies support productive and resilient British farming. This is something I champion as vice-chair of the NFU Poultry Board.

As farmers, we continue to invest, adapt and improve. That is a story worth telling.

One of the priorities of the NFU Poultry Board is to promote the benefits of British poultry meat and eggs, and every member can help us do that.

You do not have to give a formal farm talk or speak to the press. A conversation with a neighbour, a post on social media or a photograph showing the work taking place on your farm are all simple ways to help people better understand how their food is produced.

This World Egg Day, I would encourage egg producers to share something that makes them proud. It could be the care you give your hens, the people who keep your business running, an improvement you have made on farm or simply your favourite way to enjoy an egg.

Members from every sector can also support the campaign by choosing British eggs, sharing positive messages and helping us celebrate the farmers and their teams who produce the small but mighty eggs that are enjoyed the length and breadth of our country!

British egg producers have a great story to tell. On 9 October, let’s tell it together.